Montreal police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old woman who was hit by a train in Montreal’s Mile End neighbourhood Tuesday morning.
Police spokesperson Florence Stafford said it happened at around 9 a.m. on the tracks that run under the Van Horne overpass, near St-Dominique Street.
Stafford said first responders with the fire department attempted CPR, but the woman was declared dead at the scene.
Police said initial reports point to an accidental death.
A safety perimeter has been erected at the scene.
It is not clear why the woman was on the tracks at the time, but people are known to cross the railway in the area even though there is no level crossing.
Pedestrian dies after train collision in Montreal
It is not the first fatal incident in the area.
In 2022, a 31-year-old woman was killed after crossing the railway near the intersection of Van Horne Avenue and Saint-Laurent Boulevard.
She had passed through one of the many openings in the fence to avoid making a detour via the pass-through on Saint-Denis Street before she was struck.
Her death reignited demands for a pedestrian crossing in the area.
